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You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not come or concentrate on what’s left to you.
Jeff VanderMeer
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Jeff VanderMeer
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 7
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer
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I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.
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Angela Carter's fiction blew me away and really instilled a passion for writing, bolstered by Vladimir Nabokov. But in general, I can't point to any one thing. I just always loved books and writing.
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The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.
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I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.
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History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.
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